Hyperbole nonsense. Especially Forza and Fable. But but but man face! Give me a break.
Anyway, in what universe has he been getting a pass? He gets nothing but shit from people.
I never thought I'd say this but Kotaku's right.
"I see a lot of shots at Adolf over today's national socialist party announcements. I get it. But knowing him as a human, I know this hurts him as much as anyone else. I can't speak for all of the leadership there, but I do know him and I do know what he is likely going through."
I mean, is anyone surprised if that was the case?Phil bros its getting worse
What happened Gaytaku no advertising money coming inn?
i see kotaku is siding with us recently. i find two times already. and i find it's not surprisingly shocking, but yea, sometimes people change (especially if it's about money in stakes)I never thought I'd say this but Kotaku's right.
We got better sauce than this? Megaton if true...Phil bros its getting worse
You really think things will improve when Sarah Bond inevitably takes over?They're right. Anytime Xbox does something good, Phil gets all the praise. Every time, they fuck up, it's always Satya Nadella or Don Matrick's fault. So tiresome.
I never thought I'd say this but Kotaku's right.
You really think things will improve when Sarah Bond inevitably takes over?
No.You really think things will improve when Sarah Bond inevitably takes over?
There is no other path for any CEO of any gaming company, including PS. Cut costs, put out GAAS games, try to release on more platforms. Not sure what anyone thinks is going to happen. There's broader industry trends going on. It'll hit the weaker companies first, but it's hitting everything. There's no magic CEO way out of it. So yeah, I agree.You really think things will improve when Sarah Bond inevitably takes over?
Anyway, in what universe has he been getting a pass?
And it crossed nobody's mind that Spencer might have been put in place to oversee the transition to 3rd party publishing, with the possibility of maybe lasting one more gen after this one?Who the fuck was still giving this guy passes in the first place?
The entire Xbox brand is in shambles. Complete disarray. How is he even still employed?
I don't care what a nice guy he is, he tanked it. He's the CEO, man. It's on him, all of it.
I still think he's the best man for the job right now. Xbox is in uncharted territory in terms of transitioning from being a platform holder, running a major sub, planning a PC UI, all while a lot of customer demographic and development cost elements in gaming are just as rapidly shifting for everyone. They're literally in the middle of a transformation of every aspect of their business, that he's executing. Would be pretty ridiculous to put in a new person in the middle of that. Not sure what anyone realistically expects to happen there.
Tango will go down as the worst thing under his tenure though. Even the Xbox console dying itself is not that big a deal when they'll be positioned on PC.
Once they've transitioned to a fully 3rd party publisher, it's not going to really matter who runs it. Every 3rd party publisher CEO is the same. Profit driven entirely, and looks to new trends. That's all that will be left to do and they'll get someone else.
Threadworthy? adamsapple you doing the honor?
Not single handedly. Who was that clown that launched Xbox One?I’m glad someone is making an article finally even if it is shitty ass kotaku.
This guy single handedly killed the Xbox brand. Straight up.
This is Xbox’s year, every year, and it never happens.
Under him:
Gears of War died (maybe it’ll be back with rumored gears 6)
Halo (he definitely should’ve canned 343i and given the IP to a smarter hungry team)
Forza (rushed the latest in a shit state)
Fable (go see lady character face image)
This man got a boner for 33 shit sentinels or whatever the game is instead of getting into wtf is going on at the above studios and getting them to launch the core IPs for the brand in tip top shape.
Fuck Phil.
Not single handedly. Who was that clown that launched Xbox One?
Threadworthy? adamsapple you doing the honor?
Hyperbole nonsense. Especially Forza and Fable. But but but man face! Give me a break.
Anyway, in what universe has he been getting a pass? He gets nothing but shit from people.
Say what you want, but he's probably the only reason Xbox still exists, let alone has a future at all. Sure, many will say that would've been for the best, but then where would we be? The industry would be even worse, IMHO.
If Phil has integrity at all, he should step down right now and cast the blame for this on Satya Nadella and Amy Hood, the only 2 people at Microsoft who could have overrode him on this decision. If he doesn't, that tells me he made this decision and that his words were lies all along. Personally I always suspected he was a liar, always did give me used car salesman vibes, but I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt for a long time. That benefit ends now.
Phil aside and I'm not sure if Sony have an equivalent but they need someone to oversee all their studio's and their content.
Spider-Man 2 looked great but Sony take no prisoners telling the lead guy that it's not up to scratch and pull their finger out.
Xbox to me seems like 'too friendly' to studio's and end up accepting a bit of mediocrity instead of having the balls to say this is a flagship IP, fucking improve it now.
That's Matt Booty's job. He sucks at it.Phil aside and I'm not sure if Sony have an equivalent but they need someone to oversee all their studio's and their content.
We got better sauce than this? Megaton if true...